Heino's father died August 2, 1941 during the invasion of the Soviet Union

1945

In 1945 he began school in Großenhain

Until 1945, Heino lived with his mother and his older sister Hannelore in Pomerania

1948

His interest in music started when his mother gave him an accordion in 1948, although his family couldn't actually afford it

1952

After 1952 he went to in Düsseldorf where he initially trained as a baker and confectioner

1959

In June, 1959, he married 18-year-old Henrietta Heppner

1960

Bobbejaan Schoepen - During the 1960s, Camillo Felgen, Heino, and James Last, among others, would catapult his evergreen Ik heb eerbied voor jouw grijze haren into a huge European hit, which has sold more than three million copies

1961

In 1961, he first appeared on the trio OK Singers

1962

They had one son, Uwe, born in 1962 before subsequently divorcing

1965

He married his second wife, Lilo Kramm, in 1965; their marriage ended in divorce in 1978

1968

In 1968, he became the father of an illegitimate daughter

1972

He met his third wife Hannelore Auersperg in 1972 at the Miss Austria contest in Kitzbühel

1979

They were married in April 1979, and she became his manager

1988

The mother died in 1988, and the daughter in late November 2003, both by suicide